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cultural presentations at low admission prices. These performances
include eastern and western music, ballet, drama and hi-fi concerts.
In 1971, there were about 150 performances with a total
attendance of over 150,000 people.
Presentations by overseas artists are arranged with the
local branches of international cultural agencies, such as the Goethe
Institute, the Alliance Francaise and the British Council.
The City Museum and Art Gallery is situated on the top three
floors of the City Hall high block. There is also a branch museum at
Lei Cheng Uk where a Han Tomb discovered in 1955 is preserved in its
original setting.
The museum collections include some ..1,000 items of Chinese
art and antiquities, comprising ceramics, bronze, jade, paintings,
textiles and paper cuts. The collection of historical pictures is made
up of some 600 paintings, watercolours and drawings.
Since opening in March 1962, the museum and art gallery
have staged 113 different displays and exhibitions, including the Henry
Moore sculptures, paintings of the Ming and Ching periods and a
pictorial hisotyr of Hong Kong in the last century.
The total attendance at the City Museum and Art Gallery was
261,342 in 1971.
Public libraries are also one of the cultural facilities
provided by the Urban Council. These are: the City Hall Library,
the Aberdeen-Pokfulam Branch Library, the Waterloo Road Branch Library
and the Yau Ma Tei Branch Library. A fifth library is scheduled to
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